dxAce wrote:

big boy now wrote:

the filters are there large silver filters i can see it on the main board
when the cover is removed......
and also when i use various modes and turn the selectivity switch the tone
changes. in the manual it says that the following filters are fitted YK-88C
and YK-88SN...these various setting are for usb / lsb / cw / fsk / am / and
fm is fixed at 12hz.
i am looking to sell this receiver its in 100%working order.
the condition is ok has a few marks nothing serious....
serious offers taken on this receiver..

The YK-88C is the 500 Hz CW filter, and the YK-88SN is the 1.8 kHz filter, the
2.4 kHz and the 6 kHz were standard equipment in the radio as I recall.

The 5000 is a pretty nice sounding radio. I had one for several years.

As an additional thought, what I did when I got the radio was to swap out the
stock 6 kHz filter for a better aftermarket one that had better skirt selectivity.
The original is just a bit broad at 60 dB down. Cleaned things up quite nicely.



dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:

As an additional thought, what I did when I got the radio was to swap
out the stock 6 kHz filter for a better aftermarket one that had
better skirt selectivity. The original is just a bit broad at 60 dB
down. Cleaned things up quite nicely.

Kenwood had an improved 6 Hz filter available right from the start (YK88A1)
and many buyers of the receiver upgraded to this filter at the time of
purchase. My 'stock' (poor) 6KHz am filter still sits in the box that the
good YK88A1 came packaged in. I don't know why I save it as it was awful.

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